Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§2863 Payment of Contractor Claims
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter 169— MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › Subchapter III— ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › § 2863
Summary
The Defense Secretary and military department Secretaries can, despite other laws, pay valid contractor claims from military construction or family housing contracts. They may use unspent funds that were appropriated for those programs.
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Title 10, §2863
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary concerned may pay meritorious contractor claims that arise under military construction contracts or family housing contracts. The Secretary of Defense, with respect to a Defense Agency, or the Secretary of a military department may use for such purpose any unobligated funds appropriated to such department and available for military construction or family housing construction, as the case may be.
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10 U.S.C. § 2863
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60